Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 54 | Mexico Recovering from Years of Revolution

I i f fi fr MEXICO RECOVERING FROM YEARS OF S S REVOLUTION N News ws Notes From Southern Souther n l Republic Disclose Progressive Pro Pio- Activity I EXICO MEXICO I CITY May Ia 25 Arrange S ls arc are being made mada for fOI the estah S of a factory In Yucatan fo Corth for Cor r th the tho manufacture of or bags and sacks sack s rs from tho the n fiber tiber which In th the c past has been een exported There Is a nn n extensive demand for such artle I In n all ill portions of oC Mexico At first th the tho o factory factor will havo ha a a. capacity of or t to ton n thousand sacks dally lalI but this wilt will h he as rapidly rapid as ns possible po Th su sugar ar growers rowers of Cuba use se t ten n million sacks annually and it Is la t to o this demand The city officials of Merida capital of the state of Yucatan have ha established established the prices at which French rolls roll s the tho only form of bread known In that tha t region may be retailed at the lent of r. cents cent I. I American gold pe per r LI IV u u I. I u u- u mor- mor morand cr and at cents where delivered er d dat at These are th maximum rats rata Infringement ment of or the regulation will be he punished What Is known as the Chamizal cast case Involving In the boundaries of or orIex Mex Mex- and ico the Paned States between en the cities clUes of oC El EI Paso and Juarez has been blen ag ln 3 ln tAk taken n up and ancl the commission charged ed with th the matter is again holding hold hold- jn ing sessions It is expected d that an arbitration commission will he be ap appointed ap- ap pointed cd to determine th the questions In tn- tn olred In order to set st zt re rest t certain ru rumors rumors ru- ru mors it has been officially announced that the entire railway system of or the republic is abundantly supplied with both coal and oil nil fo operation of or orI nil all I trains and ami shops and that sufficient is hand to supply all demands for many mapy months to conic come PRISON UTILIZED The elt city authorities of oC Mexico are Sire establishing public In Ina va- va aTlo s localities for the accommodation of or tho ithe poor An extensive one ha has l been located In ht th the old Melon Belen prison I which has hns been converted con from It Its 9 former uses ules to various utilities In Including Including In- In eluding an Immense public bath house hOUM Tho The authorities of the state o of or f Col Collma Colima I ma ha have hae e opened places laces for the th e sale of or corn to Consumers at low lower r rates than those demanded L by dealers The price has been fixed at nt tho the equivalent a lent Int of oC 2 3 1 cents per pound American America n gold or about per bush bushel l. l The he congress rees of the state stat of oC Pt Pueblo i e ehas hl n has under consideration a proposition n for tho tiro establishment of or rural bools v In every ry portion of or tho the commonwealth In I order that no child may 1118 fc te e without t the means of oC acquiring a rudimentary education at the least S ast The American Smelting melting k Refining g Is reopening Its various plants plant s In Mexico The lat latest st to b begin operations operations opera opera- was that at Chihuahua where e i isome some five hundred d working men ar arnow are arenow now employed which will he be Increased to over o a thousand In a short time Instructions from lh the president prep pres ident work upon the Improvement o othe of the tho port of or Guaymas in Sonora ba has been recommenced after aCter 1 a cessation n of or several cral months A large lare amount o of oC f commerce will be be- handled aa a af that l place as soon as the work shall havo have been ben completed Twenty tractors were recently purchased purchased pur pur- chased in the United States by a single l company compan which 1 I tx putting under rude r cultivation atlon a l Jar large laign n tract of or land n In the tho state slate of or Vera Yera Cruz mostly for lh the c production of or cereals of or various kinds hinds VIOLINIST JOI n Js at Grf-at Interest has been heen aroused to tn n exl o CIt City b by a series of con concerts given hen by little Cella Celia Tre th lh tho t 7 7 i- old ear violinist who created a sensation sen In various American cities j b by her hel skill as a musician The Thc pupils of the tho public shoots schools of or orthe the f federal eral district which includes s the City of or Mexico 1 are oro cultivating garden arden plots on vacant lands and a n series of oC premiums Is offered to those making th the tho best showing sho In this respect The N Mr has ac ac- ac- ac the l lU Invitation U lon to participate In in tho the a agricultural congress to be he hein held Id in October at nt I Kansas an a City Mo Jo at atwill and l nd ad will appoint delegates to att attend nd A cargo car of or sugar of or various arlous grad grades cs it h has just juet landed at Manzanillo from fro m Sinaloa whence It will be shipped I to those portions of or the republic wife where rc e a scarcity exists I